Which player has the most 30-point games in a season in the last 30 years?

James Harden scored exactly 30 points on Sunday to give him 56 30-point games in 2018-19, tying Kobe Bryant's 2005-06 mark for most such games in a season by any player in the last 30 years.

Interpreted as:

Which player has the most 30 or more point games in a season in the last 30 years?

	NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	3PM	FG%	FT%	TPG	FGM	FGA	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	PF	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV
1	James Harden	2018-19	HOU	56	2,263	37.8	40.4	7.1	7.7	2.1	0.8	5.5	45.7	89.1	5.2	11.9	26.1	14.1	38.7	11.1	12.4	3.1	2,118	395	433	118	44	290
2	Kobe Bryant	2005-06	LAL	56	2,257	41.6	40.3	5.6	4.3	1.8	0.3	2.7	47.0	85.6	3.1	13.7	29.2	7.0	37.8	10.2	11.9	3.2	2,331	314	242	98	19	175
3	Michael Jordan	1990-91	CHI	52	1,858	38.0	35.7	6.1	5.4	3.1	1.1	0.3	55.2	85.4	2.6	13.6	24.7	1.1	25.4	8.2	9.6	2.9	1,978	315	279	159	57	133
4	Tracy McGrady	2002-03	ORL	51	1,862	40.9	36.5	7.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	47.8	80.7	2.7	12.5	26.2	6.6	41.3	8.7	10.8	2.3	2,087	367	292	89	35	140
5	Michael Jordan	1989-90	CHI	51	2,013	40.5	39.5	7.4	6.1	2.8	0.7	1.2	54.2	86.3	2.9	14.7	27.1	3.2	38.7	8.9	10.3	2.9	2,065	378	310	143	34	150
6	LeBron James	2005-06	CLE	49	1,793	43.8	36.6	7.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	2.0	52.0	76.3	3.2	13.0	25.0	5.4	36.8	8.6	11.3	2.4	2,146	346	321	86	42	158
7	Allen Iverson	2005-06	PHI	49	1,836	44.3	37.5	3.6	7.3	2.1	0.1	1.2	47.7	82.1	3.2	12.8	26.9	3.3	34.8	10.7	13.0	1.6	2,173	177	356	102	6	155
8	Michael Jordan	1995-96	CHI	48	1,737	39.6	36.2	7.5	4.2	2.1	0.6	1.8	53.1	85.2	2.4	13.3	25.0	3.7	48.9	7.8	9.2	2.4	1,903	361	203	101	31	116
9	Kevin Durant	2013-14	OKC	47	1,739	40.2	37.0	7.9	5.5	1.5	0.7	2.8	52.3	86.2	3.5	12.1	23.2	6.8	41.4	9.9	11.5	2.1	1,891	370	259	69	35	166
10	Kevin Durant	2009-10	OKC	47	1,621	40.5	34.5	7.9	2.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	51.9	91.5	3.4	11.1	21.3	4.1	43.6	10.6	11.5	2.3	1,905	371	132	63	43	158
11	Michael Jordan	1992-93	CHI	46	1,770	40.7	38.5	6.5	5.2	2.9	0.8	1.3	53.2	82.8	2.8	14.9	28.1	3.3	38.3	7.3	8.8	2.5	1,873	298	240	133	36	128
12	Karl Malone	1989-90	UTA	45	1,663	39.7	37.0	12.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	60.7	78.0	3.4	13.3	22.0	0.6	48.0	10.0	12.8	3.2	1,785	554	133	57	30	153
13	Russell Westbrook	2016-17	OKC	44	1,717	36.7	39.0	10.9	10.0	1.7	0.3	3.1	46.1	84.5	5.6	12.7	27.5	8.2	38.2	10.5	12.5	2.3	1,613	481	442	74	13	247
14	Jerry Stackhouse	2000-01	DET	44	1,554	41.5	35.3	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.7	2.6	44.2	84.1	4.3	11.3	25.5	6.4	40.2	10.2	12.1	2.1	1,826	190	227	56	29	191
15	Michael Jordan	1996-97	CHI	44	1,579	39.7	35.9	6.1	3.8	1.6	0.6	1.7	50.7	84.9	2.1	13.2	26.0	4.1	42.2	7.8	9.2	2.0	1,745	267	165	69	25	91
16	Michael Jordan	1991-92	CHI	43	1,555	41.1	36.2	6.5	6.6	2.3	0.9	0.5	54.3	84.0	2.8	14.2	26.1	1.4	37.7	7.3	8.7	2.8	1,768	278	284	97	40	119
17	Gilbert Arenas	2005-06	WAS	42	1,529	43.7	36.4	3.5	5.9	2.0	0.4	3.3	51.1	82.1	4.0	11.6	22.7	7.3	45.3	10.0	12.1	3.5	1,837	145	249	82	15	166
18	Kobe Bryant	2002-03	LAL	42	1,620	42.5	38.6	6.4	4.7	2.2	0.7	2.0	47.8	85.8	3.1	13.6	28.5	5.0	40.8	9.2	10.8	2.5	1,784	269	197	92	31	131
19	David Robinson	1993-94	SAS	41	1,478	41.9	36.0	11.1	5.1	1.9	3.4	0.2	54.7	77.9	3.4	12.7	23.1	0.4	38.9	10.6	13.6	2.8	1,716	455	209	76	139	139
20	Karl Malone	1990-91	UTA	41	1,394	41.1	34.0	12.8	3.0	1.1	1.1	0.0	57.4	79.2	3.0	12.0	20.9	0.2	20.0	10.0	12.6	3.1	1,685	526	123	46	45	122
21	Stephen Curry	2015-16	GSW	40	1,513	35.2	37.8	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.2	6.8	55.1	92.8	3.4	12.8	23.1	13.0	52.4	5.5	5.9	2.2	1,407	218	249	79	8	135
22	Shaquille O'Neal	1994-95	ORL	40	1,417	39.0	35.4	12.5	2.5	0.9	2.7	0.0	62.2	54.7	2.6	14.3	23.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	12.6	3.1	1,560	498	99	34	106	104
23	James Harden	2016-17	HOU	39	1,417	37.1	36.3	8.4	11.0	1.4	0.6	4.1	48.2	85.9	5.5	10.7	22.3	10.6	38.8	10.8	12.5	2.6	1,446	326	428	53	25	213
24	Dwyane Wade	2008-09	MIA	39	1,452	40.1	37.2	5.3	7.5	1.9	1.6	1.7	54.8	79.6	3.8	13.1	23.9	4.2	40.7	9.3	11.7	2.1	1,562	205	293	76	64	149
25	LeBron James	2007-08	CLE	39	1,400	41.8	35.9	8.8	7.4	1.9	1.2	2.0	51.1	71.3	3.2	12.7	24.8	5.8	35.0	8.5	11.9	2.2	1,632	344	289	75	47	125